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Boat Ramps 4 Water Canoe/Kayaks Launch available at all Boat Ramps ▲ Concession RIVERVIEW PARK Broward Rd. 17 ICW Channel Markers 4 Parks & Preserves Picnicking Trout Rive r Salt Marsh Areas Fishing 1 ww Trout River Blvd. 1 CAUTION TRAFFIC ! High Boat Traffic Nature Trails BERT ww CAUTION CURRENTS MAXWELL Strong Currents Water Skiing BOAT RAMP CAUTION WAVES T.K. STOKES 4 Heckscher Dr. Experienced Paddlers Only Historical Site 105 Soutel Dr. BOAT RAMP 2 eek r Cr CAUTION DEPTHS Civil War Site e Drummond Limited Access at Low Tide HARBORVIEW iv 3 This chart is not intended for navigational use. BOAT RAMP R t l JACKSONVILLE ZOO 4 115 u a free access by water

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2 2 R 1 NORTH Island RIBAULT RIVER REDDIE SHORE PARK POINT PRESERVE PRESERVE 3 ww Tr ! 3 CHARLES REESE out M MEMORIAL PARK R 5 ill 4 TROUT iv Cove LONNIE C. . Talluhah Ave. RIVER er 4 MILLER PARK M Edgewood LONNIE WURN o Ave. W PIER Charter nc ARLINGTON BOAT RAMP rie Point f R 111 LIONS d.W. CLUB PARK Lem Turner Rd. 5 Launch Points Addresses Canoe/Kayak Access Only Parking available at all sites. 4 BLUE CYPRESS 1 Riverview Park 9620 East Water St. St. Pearl N. 5 PARK 2 Ribault River Preserve 2617 Ribault Scenic Dr. 6 3 Charles Reese Memorial Park 1200 Ken Knight Dr. 4 North Shore Park 7901 Pearl St. University Blvd. N. 5 Reddie Point Preserve 4499 Yachtsman Way MAY MANN JENNINGS PARK 6 Blue Cypress Park 4012 University Blvd. N. 7 Catherine St. north end of Catherine St. 95 8 Chelsea St. east end of Chelsea St. 9 Southbank Riverbank water taxi dock near Chart House 10 Metro Park & Marina 4110 Gator Bowl Dr. 11 Bee Street Park Bee St. and Utah Ave. 12 Martha Ann Drive 5112 Martha Ann Dr. 13 River Oaks Park 1201 Brookwood Rd. 14 Stinson Park 4050 San Juan Ave. 15 Seminole Park 4170 McGirts Blvd. N. Main St. 16 Nathan Krestal Park 2001 LaVaca Rd. ARLINGTON RD. BOAT RAMP 17 Ringhaver Park 5198 118th St. 18 Palmetto Leaves Park 13799 Old St. Augustine Rd. DOWNTOWN 19 Racetrack Rd. Racetrack Rd. and JACKSONVILLE Durbin Creek Hogans Creek 6 NORTHBANK Catherine St. RIVERWALK 7 cCoy’s Creek 4 ww M JACKSONVILLE MATHEWS BRIDGE METRO PARK 8 LANDING 6 Exchange & MARINA Club Island MAIN ST. BRIDGE 4 Park 10 ACOSTA BRIDGE r 7 9 HART BRIDGE EXPY. 10 ive F ww 10 R 7 UL A n WA LE to RR R SOUTHBANK rling EN RIVERWALK ! ek MEMORIAL BRIDGE 11 9 8 L re it 4 t C PARK M l g ST. JOHNS ille e r r C P u b MARINA re s BEE e o t k t ! t 11 t o STREET PARK s Atlantic Blvd. b P

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95 e k University Blvd. S. POTTSBURG Cra St. Johns Ave. ig Creek CREEK/ CURTIS LEE 12 13 BEACH BLVD. JOHNSON BOAT RAMP 8 MARINA PARK S RIVER (approx. 1/4 mile) (approx. 1/4 mile) B OAKS PARK 4 ig Fi Boat Ramps STINSON shweir Creek t Addresses 9 . For Motorized Boats. PARK 13 ! Canoe/Kayak Launch Parking available ww J also available at all sites. 14 o 1 Harborview Boat Ramp 4100 Harborview Dr. r Hendricks Ave. ive 2 T.K. Stokes Boat Ramp 2120 Riverview Ave. R h ga 3 Bert Maxwell Boat Ramp 680 Broward Rd. rte 15 O n 4 Arlington Lions Club 4322-1 Richard Denby k e SEMINOLE s Gatlin Rd. e r PARK 4 C O 5 Lonnie Wurn Boat Ramp 4131 Ferber Rd. g R r n t i e 6 Arlington Road 5130 Arlington Rd. sh g i a Boat Ramp F i F 7 St. Johns Marina 901 Museum Circle a v 14 r 10 m e 8 Pottsburg Creek / 8540 Beach Blvd. s r Beach Blvd.

B Curtis Lee Johnson 5434 San Juan Ave. l 9 WAYNE B. v d Marina Park O Y reek STEVENS r . C te a Christopher BOAT RAMP ga ch 10 Wayne B. Stevens 4555 Ortega Farms Blvd. t B R a 16 Boat Ramp iv si 16 e n 15 r 11 John Lowe Boat Ramp 9021 San Jose Blvd. Timuquana Rd. NATHAN Avoid paddling 12 County Dock Boat Ramp 2400 County Dock Rd. along the coast KRESTUL TILLIE K. PARK 13 Lake Shore Boat Ramp end of Lakeshore Dr. FOWLER of the Naval REGIONAL Air Station 4 14 Mandarin Park 14780 Mandarin Rd. PARK 15 Hood Landing Boat Ramp 12925 Hood Landing Rd.

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Roosevelt Blvd. DUVAL e COUNTY 18 ov Mulberry C 19 11 Route Descriptions JOHN T. LOWE BOAT RAMP Background colors in this chart correspond to the colors of the routes indicated on map. AT GOODBY’S CREEK Trail Starting Directions from Starting Point 4 Location/ Point Description GPS Coordinates Trout River BR 3 Paddle North then West until 295 overpass. Return Latitude Longitude to BR 3. Beauclerc Rd. S Ribault River LP 3 Paddle East to LP 4. Return to LP 3. c 1 30º 419439 -81º 716148 o Reddie Point to LP 5 Paddle South then West to LP 9. t 2 30º 406849 -81º 675485 t Friendship Fountain M i 3 30º 394440 -81º 647633 ll Little and Big LP 12 Paddle North, go around the bend, paddle South Plummers Cove HENRY R 4 30º 396698 -81º 613076 Pottsburg Creek then East to BR 8. d

BUCKMAN 20 . Exchange Island LP 12 Paddle North then West into the St. Johns River. BRIDGE 5 30º 374023 -81º 625628 Circumnavigation Circle Exchange Island then return to LP12 6 30º 330342 -81º 615865 McCoy’s Creek LP 8 Paddle East to St. Johns River underneath the tunnel. Turn around at river and paddle West for about 1.5 7 30º 322554 -81º 598699 miles. Return East to LP 8. ww 295 ! 8 30º 314228 -81º 611016 Craig Creek to LP 13 Paddle South to LP 16. Return to LP 13. Christopher Creek 9 30º 315312 -81º 628203 Ortega River to LP 15 Paddle Northeast to St. Johns River, then South 10 30º 323152 -81º 667283 Yacht Basin along bank to the Yacht Basin. Return to LP 15. 11 30º 309662 -81º 679133 Ortega River LP 14 Paddle South to LP 17. Return to LP 14. 12 30º 295628 -81º 655133 San Jose Boulevard LP 16 Paddle South to BR 12. Return to LP 16 COUNTY DOCK 13 30º 284595 -81º 704217 Goodby’s Creek BR 11 Paddle East for about a mile. Return to BR 11. BOAT RAMP (Great for novices.) 14 30º 265146 -81º 721716 Tour of Mandarin BR 12 Paddle West, South, then East around Mandarin 21 15 30º 250393 -81º 689154 to BR 14. 12 16 30º 261693 -81º 647826 Julington-Durbin Creek BR 14 Paddle East to LP 19. Return to BR 14. 17 30º 224625 -81º 711577 Julington-Durbin LP 18 Paddle West, then turn corner at tip of peninsula WALTER JONES Peninsula and paddle East to LP 19. Return to LP 18. Mandarin Rd. HISTORICAL 18 30º 218339 -81º 677320 KEY: BR = Boat Ramp LP = Launch Point PARK 19 30º 215885 -81º 622335 4 20 30º 194306 -81º 636411 21 30º 167429 -81º 649425 22 30º 149154 -81º 701932 23 30º 126217 -81º 641357 ww 22 CLAY COUNTY et ! 24 30º 130708 -81º 599954 nl PALMETTO I LEAVES rs San Jose Blvd. PARK o (approx. 1 mile) ct HOOD o LANDING BOAT RAMP D lington C 18 MANDARIN PARK 14 Ju reek 15 4 0 1 2 miles 24 D JULINGTON-DURBIN u LAKE SHORE rb BOAT RAMP Approx. scale 23 CREEK PRESERVE inC Park Ave. Park r DUVAL COUNTY eek 13 ! RACETRACK RD. 19 Lakeshore Dr. N. ST. JOHNS COUNTYww (approx. 2 miles)

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